Flatiron Butte
Flatiron Butte rises to 863 m in Idaho. Bennett Mountain stands 2,231 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bruneau Dunes State Park, a park 2.9 miles away. Oregon Trail Back Country Byway passes 14 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49029571, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 863 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Oregon Trail Back Country Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway
56 named places within 25 miles
- Crabb Butte: 6.1 mi
- Medbury Hill: 7.4 mi
- Pence Butte: 12.8 mi
- Twin Buttes: 14.0 mi
- Horse Hill: 15.5 mi
- Bruneau Dunes State Park: 2.9 mi
- Snake River Birds of Prey Area: 4.9 mi
- Silverstone Park: 12.1 mi
- East Side Park: 13.3 mi
- Railroad Park: 13.4 mi
- City of Rocks: 13.2 mi
- Black Rocks: 18.4 mi
- Mountain Home Historical Museum: 13.4 mi
- Glenns Ferry Historical Museum: 18.9 mi
- Community Wall: 13.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Flatiron Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Mountain | NNE 28° | 2,231 m | 23.5 mi |
| Henley Benchmark | NE 35° | 2,046 m | 22.5 mi |
| Tollgate Hill | NNE 15° | 1,599 m | 22.7 mi |
| Knob Benchmark | N 10° | 1,479 m | 21.5 mi |
| Teapot Dome | NNE 26° | 1,435 m | 18.2 mi |
| Winter Camp Butte | SSE 159° | 1,343 m | 23.0 mi |
| Big Hill | SSW 202° | 1,342 m | 23.5 mi |
| Black Butte | SE 140° | 1,282 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:47 | 19:18 | 19:55 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:43 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:42 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:26 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 40 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 76 | 67 | 55 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bruneau, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 396496 — Flatiron Butte, Owyhee County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358661733
Day trips start here
- Mountain Home · 14 mi
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